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Moated site and fishpond 450m north west of Hunkington is a medieval defensive and residential complex located in Shropshire. The site comprises a moated enclosure typical of the high medieval period, when such earthwork defences were commonly constructed around manorial settlements and smaller fortified dwellings. The associated fishpond represents the agricultural and provisioning infrastructure characteristic of medieval estate management, serving both practical and status-enhancing functions. The monuments survive as substantial earthwork remains, preserving evidence of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the region.
Moated site and fishpond 450m north west of Hunkington is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019645. View the official record →
Moated site and fishpond 450m north west of Hunkington is a medieval defensive and residential complex located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019645.
Moated site and fishpond 450m north west of Hunkington is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1019645.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Haughmond Abbey: an Augustinian monastery on the site of an earlier religious foundation, a post-Dissolution residence and garden remains (2.7 km), Slight univallate hillfort, an 18th century folly and a World War II spigot mortar emplacement, on the summit of Haughmond Hill (2.8 km), Queen Eleanor's Bower: a ringwork, 710m north east of Bridge Farm (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site and fishpond 450m north west of Hunkington's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Moated site and fishpond 450m north west of Hunkington stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.